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Further, they shall be empowered to fill up any vacancies occurring 

 in their body during the current year. 



IX. That the Secretary be appointed by the General Committee 

 of Management subject to the approval of the President of the Society. 



X. That all vacancies permanent or temporary, in the Committee 

 of Management occurring in the course of the current year be filled 

 up by the Committee. 



The Meeting approved of, and confirmed the above rules, which are 

 accordingly to be included in the Rules in the new catalogue now in 

 the Press. 



The Meeting proceeded to elect a Member of the Managing Com- 

 mittee in the room of J. C. Morris, Esq. who has proceeded to Eng- 

 land. • 



Major Anstruther C. B. proposed by Walter Elliot, Esq. second- 

 ed by R. H. Williamson, Esq. is elected accordingly. 



The thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Honor- 

 able the President for his conduct in the Chair. 



(Signed) J. J. Losh, (Signed) Edward Gambier, 



Offg, Secretary. President. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary 

 Society on Tuesday the Bth December, 1846, atl o' Clock P. M. 



Read the following Memorandum from Captain S. Best on the sub- 

 ject of Rain Guages. 



The Court having particularized Rain Guages, perhaps the Lite- 

 rary Society may be inclined to recommend and Government to adopt 

 the propositioi^ made in my paper on that subject,* involving an ex- 

 pense of not more than 1,500 Rupees altogether. 



It is very true that there may be some trifling errors in the 

 measurement and in the registry of such rain guages as I propose ; 

 but for most practical purposes observations of the annual fall within 

 two inches or of the monthly fall within two tenths would be quite 

 sufficiently accurate, and on this degree of correctness we might 

 reckon. 



Much useful information is lost in consequence of too great a 

 degree of accuracy being deemed indispensable. The rain guage 

 measuring tenths of inches will be as useful to the farmer as the 



* See Journal No. 30, Yo!, xiii. pt. i. p. 178. 



